Vietnam’s largest fuel wholesaler, Petrolimex, posted nearly US$54 million in losses in the last quarter of 2014, but it said the continually dropping oil price was not the only cause for the negative result.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Flappy Bird mobile game by Nguyen Ha Dong was named as one of the 50 best-known brands worldwide in 2014 by Infergy, a leading company in the field of data analysis activities of mass media.

The Flappy Bird mobile game for smartphones, created by young Vietnamese app developer Nguyen Ha Dong last year, has been included in the list of the 50 most popular brands in the world in 2014, according to a recently released report by Infegy.

Despite international and local criticism about animal cruelty, the annual Pig Slaughter Ceremony in Bac Ninh Province went ahead on February 24 with participants maintaining they want to keep traditional customs alive.

VietNamNet Bridge – Delegations from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia have proposed extending the consultation process for the Don Sahong hydropower project in Laos by six months to one year before work on the project starts.

VietNamNet Bridge - While folklore experts said that this festival - with noble purpose – has overcome its seemingly barbaric form, educational experts have suggested that it should be eliminated because of its negative impact on children.